Avocats en Capital Markets

Laura Taaka

Laura is an associate in the firm’s Banking and Finance Team.

MMAKS Advocates

Lauren Bewley

Lauren Bewley advises corporate, private equity and investment fund clients on a variety of US federal income tax matters, with particular focus on advising private investment fund clients on fund-related tax issues, including structuring and fund formation, upper tier arrangements, and operational issues. Lauren regularly advises clients on tax aspects of private investment fund formation and operation including: Advising on the formation and operation of funds pursuing diverse investment strategies Advising regarding carried interest and co-investment arrangements Advising on tax aspects of fund secondary transactions, including GP-led secondary transactions, fund restructurings and portfolio sales Advising domestic and international investors in structuring and negotiating investments Lauren also has extensive experience advising clients on a variety of capital markets and financing transactions, restructurings, corporate mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, reorganizations, and financial products.

Latham & Watkins

Laurence Relton

Laurence has broad national and international experience handling commercial support, company sales and purchases and corporate restructuring. He previously advised McDonalds on its first UK acquisition of Café Aroma Ltd. Laurence is a specialist in the rapid production of shareholder agreements for funded start-ups. Bilingual in Italian. Laurence’s areas of expertise include Sales & acquisitions (business and shares), MBO’s, AIM and private placements, corporate governance and FSMA regulatory, company restructurings. Joint ventures, shareholder/investment agreements, service level and technical services agreements, option agreements and consultancy agreements. Laurence’s key achievements include acquisition of entire issued share capital of Italian brokering company by UK listed company. Acquisitions by major French construction company for entire issued share capital of manufacturer of remote operated vehicles. McDonald’s Restaurant Operations Inc’s first UK acquisition of Café Aroma Limited. Acquisition of German Biotech company involved in the manufacture of technical equipment. Organisation and structuring of network of mixed private and public hospitals/clinics. Distribution agreements for major US film distributor (BuenaVista International) for video titles throughout Italy. Commercial contracts for laboratory testing company for clinical trials testing including template services agreement, service level agreement and global courier agreement. Pan-European model software and hardware master agreement for Sun Microsystems. Agreement establishing distribution network and bespoke sales points for Levis in shops throughout Italy and providing FSMA and FSA advice in relation to regulated activities.

Keystone Law

Laurence Vincent

Partner, Paris

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Laurent Lazard

Partner

BSP

Laurent Massinon

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer SCS

Laurent Schummer

Laurent Schummer is a Partner and a member of the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, the Private Equity & Real Estate and the Capital Markets practices of Arendt & Medernach.

Arendt & Medernach

Laurent Verhavert

Laurent Verhavert is partner in our Corporate and M&A practice. He specialises in M&A transactions, company restructurings, and corporate law matters, including corporate real estate transactions. Laurent has a specific expertise in private equity and venture capital, including fundraising and financing matters. He notably advises biotech companies regarding corporate, commercial, and regulatory matters.

Strelia

Laurent Vincent

Laurent Vincent is a partner in Gide's Capital Markets team in Paris. He regularly advises financial institutions and French and foreign companies on the issue, placement and listing of debt securities (senior bonds, hybrid or regulatory capital securities, Programme EMTN, ESG or SLB bonds, Euro-PP ...), as well as on liability management transactions, consent solicitation transactions and debt restructurations. Laurent also deals with all transactional and regulatory legal issues associated with the structuration and the conclusion of derivatives and collateral arrangements. Laurent holds an LL.M in commercial and financial law from King's College London, a DESS in banking and financial law and a DEA in business law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2008.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Laurenz Schwitzer

Partner

Schoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)

Lauri Peltola

Senior Counsel

Waselius

Laurynas Narvydas

Partner

WALLESS

Lawrence Fubara Anga SAN

SENIOR PARTNER

AELEX

Lawrence Tan

Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions

Rajah & Tann Asia

Lea Lidia Lavitola

Counsel

FIVERS Studio Legale e Tributario

Leandro E. Belusci

Partner

Bruchou & Funes de Rioja

Leanne Krawchuk KC

Partner

Dentons

Leanne Krawchuk KC

Partner

Bennett Jones LLP

Lee Askenazi

Lee Askenazi has extensive experience in structured capital markets, including all aspects of commercial and residential mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations, collateralized debt obligations, re-REMICs, repurchase facilities and other structured products.

Clifford Chance

Lee Askenzai

Lee Askenazi has extensive experience in structured capital markets, including all aspects of commercial and residential mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations, collateralized debt obligations, re-REMICs, repurchase facilities and other structured products.

Clifford Chance

Lee Barnum

Lee Barnum represents issuers, private equity sponsors, and investment banks in public and private securities offerings. In addition, public companies seek Lee’s advice regarding corporate governance matters and compliance with SEC and stock exchange rules and regulations. Clients turn to Lee in connection with registered and private capital markets issuances of debt and equity securities, and federal securities law aspects of mergers and acquisition transactions. Lee also provides counsel to US and foreign issuers on corporate governance matters and compliance with disclosure obligations.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Lee Meyerson

Lee Meyerson is Chairman and Founding Partner of the Firm’s Financial Institutions Practice and previous Head of our global M&A Practice. He has counseled the world’s elite financial and investment firms on a broad range of transactions, including some of the largest and most complex mergers in the financial services industry. Lee’s practice also includes counseling clients on regulatory matters, corporate governance and shareholder activism, as well as a broad range of capital markets transactions, including IPOs, debt, equity and hybrid capital securities offerings.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Lee Saladino

Counsel. Lee Saladino is counsel in Homburger’s Capital Markets and Financing and Investment Products teams. She specializes in capital markets transactions, with a focus on cross-border securities offerings. A significant component of her practice involves advising Swiss banks in connection with the structuring and documentation of their regulatory capital instruments.

Homburger

Lee Xin Mei

Head, Debt Capital Markets Partner, Banking & Finance

Rajah & Tann Asia